Offensive coordinator Hackett is energetic, eager but made a couple of costly decisions in loss to Chiefs

9:07 PM,
Nov. 3, 2013

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There's only so much Nathaniel Hackett can do with this quarterback-challenged Buffalo offense that he's been put in charge of.

And Sunday afternoon, don't we all wish he had stayed within those constraints on the sequence of plays that very likely turned victory into defeat for the Bills?

Given all the unimaginative boredom and failure we've seen from previous offensive regimes in Buffalo, there's no way I can sit up in the cozy press box and bash the young and energetic Hackett for daring to take some chances. It's a welcome sight, quite frankly. ...